Assessment of air pollutants emissions from a cement plant: A case study in Jordan

Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 265-282

  Al Smadi, Bashar M ^a   Al Zboon, Kamel K ^b   Shatnawi, Khaldoun M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Cement; Dust; Gaussian model; SO2; Stake emission

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; CEMENT PLANTS; CEMENTS; DUST; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; GAUSSIAN MODEL; MITIGATION MEASURES; SOURCE OF ENERGY; STANDARD VALUES; WORST CASE SCENARIO;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 84857313611     PISSN: 19930461     EISSN: 2225157X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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